Originally posted by Davidparis Also think that an infinitesimal update of the FF is not what most Pentax buyers wanted. This is disturbing, worrisome and diasppointing (except of course to 29 people who were hoping for this...)
Well my K3 now gives up two stops of ISO performance minimum to the K1ii, plus all the latest things found on the K3ii, KP and now hand held Pixel shift.
You do realise a huge number of people still use K5/3s and are drooling at the even better K1ii.
Meanwhile Nikon has not released an innovation in about ten years while Canon has sucky sensors because of their use of Contrast AF pixel to make the cameras more video friendly. The fact people now look to sigma (and formally Ziess) for high quality primes shows you how much Canon and Nikon have rested on their former laurels. The Mirroless guy need to keep innovating because their new tech was not competive until recently. Pentax just needs to get the new glass on the ground and they have a killer high IQ system. If they catch up with AF then all canon and Nikon have left is their exotic lens systems and marketing.
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Originally posted by rcolman The K-1 is a great camera. The Mark II version offers almost nothing new - as noted in the "upgrade service" a new board and some software enhancements. I would have hoped for an updated sensor, but no. Not much after nearly two years. I would have put more money into expanding the FF lens line - which really needs it.
A new sensor wouldn’t deliver 1 stop of ISO improvement, while the Accelerator chip does. The fact that Ricoh has performed such a minor upgrade means that little R&D resources were spent while the Line kept running efficiently making cameras while we wait for other models to be ready. Sony is yet to release the next generation of aps-c chip and they are not suppling the 42mp chip to others at this point. It was a very smart move to improve their strength for minimal cost.
As a K3 owner I advoided the temptation of the K1, but this is testing my limits.